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Hi folks, this week I'm covering the reef in Bali. It’s about a village in Bali bringing a dead coral reef back to life by running electricity through underwater metal frames. The low-voltage current handles the hardest biological work for the corals, making them grow six times faster and survive warming oceans—but the article also dives into the brutal reality of how easily winter storms and lightning strikes short-circuit the whole grid.

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�� THE NATURE FACT

Corals are master optical engineers. In shallow water, they produce fluorescent proteins that act as a chemical sunscreen, absorbing lethal UV rays to keep their internal algae from burning. In the pitch-black deep ocean, they do the exact reverse: they capture what little weak blue light penetrates the depths and warp its wavelength into orange-red light—effectively creating an internal grow-light so their symbiotic partners can photosynthesize in near-total darkness.

Thanks for reading.

Dale Hoskins / Network For Ecology

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